[Boards & Commissions Interviews Session #4]
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THERE IS IT'S HOUSING IS A PASSION OF MINE. IT'S SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF VALUE TO THE BOARD . WE'RE FINALLY STARTING TO SEE SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, COME TO
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FRUITION WITH THE REHAB TWO REMAINING PROPERTIES SO IT CAN LIKE TO SEE THAT THROUGH IN THE REMAINING TWO YEARS. THAT'S DON'T THINK I'LL TAKE VERY MUCH TIME. IT'S PRETTY SHORT AND SWEET. I'M NOT INTERESTED IN OTHER BOARDS OR ANYTHING ELSE JUST WANT TO SEE THREE WOULD HAVE BEEN WORKING ON FOR TWO YEARS NOW. BUT YOU DO A GOOD JOB ON HOUSING AUTHORITY. YES, SIR.THANK YOU. THANK YOU. KERRY KENNEDY. HMM. HELLO I'M CARRIE KENNEDY AND I APPLIED FOR THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD. AND I BELIEVE VISIT MCKINNEY AND MAIN STREET BOARDS. SO WE MOVED HERE 15 YEARS AGO AND WE RESTORED THE 19 07 HOME. WE TRIED TO PRESERVE THE STATE MARKER THAT WE HAD ON IT AND SO PAINSTAKING MEASURES TO, UM, REPLICATE ALL OF THE AUTHENTIC FEATURES IN THE HOME. PERSONALLY I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN SEVERAL VOLUNTEER GROUPS. I'M A PART OF THE TOUR COMMITTEE FOR THE HISTORIC CONTOUR THAT CHESTNUT SQUARE DOES EVERY YEAR. IT'S OUR 50TH ANNIVERSARY TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE NOW. SO GET YOUR TICKETS. UM, ALSO A PAST PRESIDENT OF THE MCKINNEY GARDEN CLUB, WHERE WE ALSO DO, UM OUR HISTORIC HOME AND GARDEN TOURS EVERY TWO YEARS, SO I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN HELPING BRING PEOPLE TO MCKINNEY AND TO LOVE OUR CITY AS MUCH AS I DO. I CANNOT IMAGINE LIVING ANYWHERE ELSE PROFESSIONALLY ON A LOCAL REALTOR, SO I'M A SELF APPOINTED AMBASSADOR FOR THE CITY, ESPECIALLY THE HISTORIC DISTRICT, BECAUSE I LIVED THERE. AND WORK THERE, THEN THAT'S REALLY MY PASSION AND THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION. HAVE A VIDEO BLOG. UM THAT IS I LEVELED HOUSES AND I CANNOT LIE AND I PHOTOGRAPH AND VIDEOTAPE HOMEOWNERS AND THEIR HISTORIC HOMES AND WHAT THEY LOVE ABOUT THEM. SO, UM AS I SAY. I AM PASSIONATE ABOUT HISTORIC PRESERVATION ON PAST PASSIONATE ABOUT MCKINNEY, SO THAT'S WHY I WOULD LIKE TO SERVE ON THE BOARD. THANK YOU. UH THAT'S THAT'S GREAT WHAT YOU'RE DOING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CARRIE. GABRIELA MARTINEZ. CARLY MCCALL.
HELLO CARLY. MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE LIVED IN MCKINNEY FOR ABOUT 15 YEARS. I MANAGE A LAW FIRM HERE IN MCKINNEY GRANT. WE'VE BEEN THERE ABOUT 12 YEARS. MY BACKGROUND AND OBVIOUSLY HIS MANAGEMENT. UM MANAGE ATTORNEYS, WHICH IS SUBMACHINE. SOME OF YOU KNOW, MAYBE LIKE HERDING CATS.
SO ONE OF MY SKILLS THAT I FIND IN MYSELF IS, UM PEOPLE MANAGEMENT TEAMWORK. PROBLEM SOLVING THINGS LIKE THAT. SO UM , I UNDERSTAND BUSINESS LAW. I UNDERSTAND MUNICIPAL LAW UNDERSTAND REAL ESTATE LAW. THOSE ARE THE PRIMARY AREAS THAT ARE FIRM PRACTICES IN AND SO I APPLIED FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD, AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BOARD , BECAUSE I'M VERY INTERESTED AND VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THE CITY. I GREW UP JUST NORTH OF HERE IN DENNISON, TEXAS. MY FAMILY USED TO COME TO MCKINNEY AND LOOK AT CHRISTMAS SLIDES. WE HAD A TRADITION OF DOING THAT. AND SO I FELL IN LOVE WITH IN LOVE WITH THE CITY, THEN ONE OF MY FAVORITE NEIGHBORHOODS WAS ELDORADO, AND THAT'S WHERE I LIVE. NOW. UM AND SO I HAVE LOVED MCKINNEY FROM A YOUNG AGE. I LOVE IT EVEN MORE. NOW MY FRIENDS WILL SAY I'M A WALKING BILLBOARD FOR THE CITY BECAUSE I'M CONSTANTLY SAYING LET'S GO TO DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY. LET'S HAVE DINNER HERE AND SO I'VE LOVED TO SEE THE GROWTH I LOVE TO SEE CONTINUE TO SEE THE GROWTH FOR MYSELF FOR OUR BUSINESS AND FOR VISITORS THAT HAVE NEVER EVEN HEARD OF MCKINNEY, TEXAS. SO APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. GREAT YOU SHOULD HAVE HEARD IT. OUR ATTORNEY. HE'S THE ONLY ONE MISSING TODAY. YEAH. YES BUT WE HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH AND WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. EXACTLY YEAH. MICHAEL MCINTYRE. FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO SAY I LIKE CHARLIE. WE LOVE CHARLIE. UM MY MICHAEL MCINTYRE . I'VE LIVED IN MCKINNEY SINCE 2003. I HE TRIED TO ON THE APPLICATION WILL LET YOU KNOW THAT EVERY EVERY BOARD I CHECKED, IT SAID THERE IS NO POSITIONS OPENED. SO I ENDED UP CHECKING JUST PARKS AND REC AND M C. D. C UM I SERVED ON THE MCKINNEY COMMISSION VISITOR BUREAU FROM 2010 TO 2014 AND THE ART COMMISSION. I HAVE SERVED FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS NOW, YOU MIGHT SAY HE SERVED THIS TIME, BUT I LIKE SERVING SO IF THERE IS ABOARD THIS OPEN AND YOU'RE WILLING TO LET ME CONTINUE
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SERVING, I'M MORE THAN WILLING TO DO SO. I'LL SERVE IN ANY BOARD THAT YOU HAVE OPENED THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO PLACE THE END OF THE TWO THAT I AM APPLYING FOR ARE NOT AVAILABLE. UM SO I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 2003. BUT I CAN SAY MY FAMILY TIES GO BACK TO THE 18 FIFTIES BECAUSE MY FAMILY HAS THE ORIGINAL PAINT LAND PATENTS IN THE ALLEN TOWNSHIP FROM THE 18 FORTIES AND 18 FIFTIES AND THE FAMILY STORY GOES, THEY SAID IT JUST GOT TOO CROWDED HERE IN A MID 18 FIFTIES AND THEY MOVED WEST TIME. I DON'T KNOW WHY. SO UM, I LIKE TO SERVE I THINK SERVING IS A GREAT THING TO DO. EVERYONE SHOULD SERVE. THERE'S SO MANY BENEFITS AND SERVING MEETING PEOPLE AND BEING INSTRUMENTAL, MY BACKGROUND. I'M IN TECHNOLOGY ALSO IN PROCESS IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT. HAVE A LOT OF BACKGROUND IN THAT, AND I LIKE CHANGING THINGS AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT BETTER WAY TO DO THINGS SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND THANK YOU FOR LOWERING THE PROPERTY TAXES. THAT'S ALWAYS THANK YOU. THANKS MICHAEL. YOU DO A GREAT YOU DID A GREAT JOB ON ARTS AND ONE OF MY TRUE PLEASURES OF SERVING HERE IS MEETING YOU. AND UH, YOU KNOW, SEEING THE WORK YOU DO, SO THANK YOU. KIMBERLY PAGE. MATT PARKER. ISN'T BODE WELL, WHEN YOU, UM JAMIE PEDIGO. SECURE THEM ALL OFF. I WONDER WHERE JAMIE IS. YOU MIGHT STILL BE WORKING. MARCIA PRIOR. ALRIGHT. MY NAME IS MARSHA PRIOR AND I AM APPLYING FOR THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD. I'VE BEEN IN MCKINNEY FOR NINE YEARS NOW AND ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT. UM FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER, I'VE BEEN VERY INTERESTED IN CULTURE AND HISTORY, NOT ONLY OF MY OWN COMMUNITY, BUT THOSE OF PEOPLE ACROSS THE GLOBE. SO MUCH SO THAT ACTUALLY MADE A CAREER OUT OF IT. I HAVE DOCUMENTED, RESEARCHED, MITIGATED AND OR PRESERVED A NUMBER OF BUILDING STRUCTURES, CEMETERIES, COMMUNITIES AND SUCH. UM I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE TO WRITE A NUMBER OF IN DEPTH OF HISTORIC CONTEXT. I'VE WRITTEN NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC NOMINATION. UH UM NATIONAL REGISTER RESTORED PLACES NOMINATIONS. THAT'S ALWAYS A MOUTHFUL. I'VE DONE CEMETERY STUDIES. PRESERVATION PLANS HAVE ALSO BEEN INVOLVED IN, UM, MUSEUM EXHIBITS AND POPULAR BOOKS AND ALSO ONE DOCUMENTARY FILM. UM I WORKED FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS FOR SEVEN YEARS IN THEIR HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE, AND I OVERSAW SEVERAL HISTORIC DISTRICTS. I REVIEWED CERTIFICATES OF APPROPRIATENESS AND I PRESENTED CASES TO THE LANDMARK COMMISSION. AH I ENJOY . I'VE WORKED ALL OVER THE US AND I'VE ENJOYED THAT. BUT I'VE ALSO WORKED IN COLLIN COUNTY, DALLAS, TARRANT AND DIDN'T COUNTIES AND I HAVE TO SAY, ALTHOUGH IT'S FUN TO GO DIFFERENT PLACES AND SEE NEW PLACES AND DO WORK THERE.THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING VERY REWARDING ABOUT WORKING IN YOUR OWN COMMUNITY. YOUR OWN BACKYARD . YOU FEEL A SPECIAL CONNECTION TO IT. SO I WOULD BE VERY HONORED TO BE ON THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD. AND IF I AM SELECTED, I PROMISE YOU I WILL DO MY BEST TO BE A GOOD STEWARD FOR MCKINNEY'S HISTORY AND CULTURE. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MARCIA. ALMOST PRETTY GOOD. THAT'S GOOD BONUS POINTS, HEIDI SYNDERGAARD.
HAVE A GOOD SHIRT ON. I KNOW. WITH ONLY TWO MINUTES I DECIDED I NEED TO USE ANY VISUAL PROPS GO, AND SO WAS I STARTED TO BRING MY HARVEST HEART THAT I AM HIGHLY SYNDERGAARD. I'VE LIVED IN MCKINNEY SINCE 2016. BUT I'VE BEEN A FAN MUCH LONGER. UM, I GREW UP IN CLEVELAND, TEXAS, WHICH IS A VERY SMALL TOWN IF YOU KNOW CLEBURNE MOVED TO MANSFIELD LIVED THERE SEVERAL YEARS. ANOTHER SMALL TOWN AND I MOVED TO MCKINNEY, WHICH IN MY MIND IS A SMALL TOWN. IT'S REALLY NOT, BUT IT IS. YOU CAN ASK ANYBODY ON THE STREET. IN FACT, I VOLUNTEERED RECENTLY FOR THE MARGARITA STROLL AND SEVERAL VOLUNTEERS THERE WERE SHARING WITH ME. WHAT THEY FOUND UNIQUE . I'M GONNA PLUG IT EVERY CHANCE I GET HERE ABOUT MCKINNEY OR SPECIAL AND IT IS THAT SMALL TOWN FEEL YOU KNOW THE NUMBER OF SMALL BUSINESSES THAT WE HAVE THE RESTAURANTS TO SHOP OWNERS.
I KNOW A LOT OF THEM BY NAME. UM BUT WE FELL IN LOVE WITH IT YEARS AGO. AS I'VE HEARD, OTHERS
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SAY, MY BROTHERS LIVED HERE MOST OF HIS LIFE. AND COMING UP TO VISIT COMING TO DICKENS OF A CHRISTMAS AND HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS AND JUST FELL IN LOVE WITH THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, AND THAT'S WHY I REALLY WANT TO SERVE EVERY TIME RUTH OPENS THE DOOR FOR A FUNDRAISER ON THERE WITH RICK, YOU KNOW, CALLS OUT AND IN THIS FUNDRAISER FOR MCKINNEY ROOTS OR THE SEA PROJECT FOUNDATION. I'M THERE. AND I WANT TO CONTINUE TO LEARN AND DO MORE. I APPLIED FOR THE MAINSTREAM MCKINNEY AS WELL AS THE VISIT MCKINNEY BOARDS BUT AS SEVERAL OTHERS ALSO SAID, AS I UNDERSTAND, THEY MAY NOT HAVE AN OPENING. I'M WILLING TO SERVE IN ANY CAPACITY THAT YOU SEE ME FIT FOR. UM I'VE WORKED FOR ABBOTT BETWEEN DIAGNOSTICS AND IRVING. AND NOW PLANO, THE NEUROMODULATION GROUP EQUALITY MANAGER THERE FOR 35 YEARS, AND DURING THAT TIME I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ON THE GIVING CAMPAIGNS. I'VE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE SERVE. I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ON A UNITED WAY APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE, SO I WAS ABLE TO DIG A LITTLE DEEPER AND UNDERSTAND THOSE AGENCIES AND THE MONEY THEY NEEDED. WOW THAT WAS QUICK. UM ANYWAY, I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY ANY CONSIDERATION THAT YOU GUYS HAVE AND FEEL FREE TO USE ME ANYWAY. GETTING READY TO RETIRE. SEEMS SO I HAVE MORE TIME ON MY HANDS.THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH HEAVY. JULIE WILLIAMS. MR MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M JULIE WILLIAMS. MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE LIVED HERE SINCE 1995. WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF CHANGES IN MCKINNEY. IT'S BEEN GREAT. I AM CURRENTLY A RESIDENTIAL REALTOR AND MY BUSINESS PARTNER AND I HAVE A BUSINESS CALLED TEXAS PROPERTY SISTERS HERE IN MCKINNEY. I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE TO SERVE ON MAIN STREET, THE MAIN STREET BOARD FOR TWO YEARS, AND I'M CURRENTLY COMPLETING THE TERM. OF COUNCILMAN CLAUDIUS POSITION ON ANY DC BOARD WOULD LOVE TO CONTINUE ON THAT BOARD.
BUT I AM DEFINITELY OPEN. IF THERE ARE OTHER PLACES THAT YOU THINK I CAN SERVE. BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY. THAT'S ONE OF THE TENANTS OF OUR BUSINESS IS TO GIVE BACK TO THIS GREAT COMMUNITY THAT'S DONE SO MUCH FOR US, SO WE DEFINITELY WANT TO CONTINUE IN THAT VEIN, SERVED AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD FOR THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND I'M A PROUD GRADUATE OF THE 1999 LEADERSHIP . MCKINNEY CLASS. SO 1999. I'M SORRY. NO THAT WOULD NOT KNOW.
BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE OFF. YES. SORRY ABOUT THAT. YEAH. SO I'M DEFINITELY OPEN TO ANY POSITIONS THAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER ME FORM. THANK YOU. SORRY GO AHEAD. NOT GOOD LEADERSHIP CLASS. WERE YOU WITH 16 OR 19,019. OKAY, 2019. OKAY 1995 THROWBACK. OKAY CLOSE BATH WAS NOT MY STRONG SUIT, JULIE. I REMEMBER. OF COURSE, WHEN I WAS THERE WHEN YOU MOVED TO MCKINNEY YES, SHE WILLED OUR FIRST HOUSE, YOUR FIRST HOME AND THE ONE I LIVE IN NOW. YES, THANK YOU. OKAY. MELISSA WILL MIRTH. MELISSA WILL MARTHE AND I , MY HUSBAND AND I AND LIVED IN MCKINNEY FOR OVER 15 YEARS AND RAISED OUR KIDS HERE. UM, I APPLIED FOR UM. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THEN THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AND THEN MCKINNEY FINANCE HOUSING AUTHORITY FINANCE BUT REALLY OPEN TO SERVE ON ANY I GOT INTERESTED IN SERVING, UM, WHEN I WENT THROUGH LEADERSHIP MCKINNEY IN 2018.
I'VE I HAVE. BESIDES MY FAMILY AND CHURCH, TWO PASSIONS I'VE REALIZED OVER THE LAST 30 YEARS I'VE BEEN A CPA AND FINANCIAL PLANNER FOR OVER 30 YEARS. WORKED AS A CFO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATE HOUSING COMPANY IN DALLAS FOR FIVE YEARS AND THEN MOST RECENTLY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF HOPE CLINIC MCKINNEY, WHICH I RETIRED IN 2002 TO BE SPEND MORE TIME WITH MY FAMILY AND FIRST GRAND BABY. BUT NOW THAT I'M RETIRED, I HAVE MORE TIME TO SERVE. AND SO MY TO AT SAME ANTI PASSIONS. ONE IS, UM, MAKING BUSINESSES MORE PROFITABLE. I LOVE NUMBERS. I LOVE SPREADSHEETS, AND I LOVE MAKING COMPANIES MORE EFFICIENT AND LOOKING TO THE FUTURE. WHAT'S GOING TO BECOMING THAT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT A LOT OF STRATEGY. AND BUDGETING. AM STILL THE TREASURER OF HOPE CLINIC. MCKINNEY AND I DO ALL THEIR ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE AS A
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VOLUNTEER. MY OTHER PASSION IS HELPING THE UNDERSERVED BUILD THE RESOURCES HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH NON PROFITS SINCE 2010 THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, TEACHING CLASSES AND RESOURCES BUILDING.AND JUST DIFFERENT MINISTRIES. IN SO THE HOUSING AUTHORITY. I'VE KNOWN MANY FAMILIES THAT HAVE LIVED THERE HAVE WATCHED THEM TRANSITION TO, UM, HOMES AND BUILD THE RESOURCES FOR A BETTER LIFE. WE SEND THEIR KIDS TO COLLEGE, AND THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT. SO HAPPY TO SERVE ON ANY OF THAT. SO THANKS VERY MUCH. THANKS, MELISSA. FROM WINDHAM. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST. WELL, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT, NOT LEAST OKAY, MY FRIEND DAN PORZIO. I HAVE A THING FOR HIM. I'M GLAD WE CAN SMILE. UM ALL OF YOU, I GUESS EXCEPT FOR COUNCIL MEMBER MICHAEL JONES. NO MEDIA HEARD ME. SPEAK. NO. HOW PASSIONATE I AM. UM I GUESS MY.
DESIRE TO PARTICIPATE COMES FROM MY PARENTS. THEY WERE BOTH TEACHERS. THEY LEARNED ENGLISH BY GOING TO COLLEGE IN THE UNITED STATES WHEN THEY FIRST GOT HERE. AND THEY FOUGHT AND THEY PARTICIPATED AND THEY WENT TO MEETINGS. MY MOM WAS A SPECIAL ED TEACHER AT A INNER CITY SCHOOL. AND. NOBODY WANTED TO GIVE HER ANY MONEY. DO HER PROGRAM, WHICH SHE DEVELOPED HERSELF. AND I WOULD SHE WOULD HOLD MY HAND AND WE WOULD GO AND WE WOULD APPEAR BEFORE THE SCHOOL BOARD AND WE WOULD GO TO CITY MEETINGS AND SHE WOULD PRESENT HER CASE AND HER REASONING, SO I KIND OF LEARNED FROM HER. THAT WHEN YOU SEE A WRONG NOT THAT THAT WAS A WRONG BUT WHEN YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT IMPORTANT, YOU FIGHT FOR IT. AND THAT'S WHAT I'VE ALWAYS DONE IN ALL OF THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND PLACES THAT I'VE SERVED OVER THE YEARS. THE ONLY TIME I DIDN'T SERVE ANY WHERE IT WAS WHEN I HAD THREE KIDS IN DIAPERS. WHICH WAS KIND OF FUN. UM. I HEARD A SONG ON THE RADIO AS I WAS COMING TO THE MEETING TONIGHT.
TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS. I WON'T BACK DOWN. AND THAT PRETTY MUCH SUMS UP WHERE I AM.
IF I SEE SOMETHING, I GO AFTER IT. I WON'T BACK DOWN. I WON'T COMPROMISE MY PRINCIPLES. THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT. AND FOR A CITY THAT'S GROWING. AND IT IS DYNAMIC AS MCKINNEY.
WE NEED PEOPLE WHO ARE PASSIONATE AND DEDICATED TO MAKING US THE BEST THAT WE CAN BE. AS FAR AS WHERE I SERVE. TELL ME WHERE TO GO. YOU ALL KNOW WHAT I STAND FOR, AND THAT'S IT. THANK YOU, DAN. THANK YOU. ONE MORE GUY. THAT ONE IN THE BACK. YEAH, SURE. YOU IN THE BACK. FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW THIS IS OUR ESTEEMED CITY MANAGER. I SPOKE OF BEFORE HE CAME IN THE ROOM. PAUL GRIMES, YAHOO! BUT AS I SAY IN EVERY MEETING WHEN PAUL COMES IN, IT IS IMPORTANT FOR OUR CITY TO KNOW WHO THE CITY MANAGER IS BECAUSE WE HAVE A TREMENDOUSLY WELL RUN CITY AND THAT THAT WELL OVER 1000 EMPLOYEES IN THIS CITY AND IT TAKES TAKE SOMEONE WITH GREAT COMPETENCE AND TENACITY AND ENCOURAGE AND INTELLIGENCE AND PASSION TO RUN AN ORGANIZATION LIKE THIS, AND PAUL HAS REALLY CHANGED. THE CULTURE SINCE HE CAME TO MCKINNEY HAS BEEN HERE IN JUST OVER SIX YEARS AND HAS CREATED AN INCREDIBLE CULTURE WHERE PEOPLE JUST THEY WANT TO BE HERE IN MCKINNEY. THEY WANT TO WORK IN MCKINNEY. THEY WANT TO COME AND SERVE HIM.
MCKINNEY, UM NOT NECESSARILY ANY OF US FEEL THAT WAY ABOUT HIM. BUT I MEAN, IN GENERAL, I MEAN, OTHER PEOPLE THAT DON'T ACTUALLY WORK WITH HIM. NO, BUT BUT PAUL IS OUR CITY MANAGER AND WE ARE BLESSED EVERYONE. THIS ROOM IS BLESSED TO HAVE HIM AS A CITY MANAGER. SO PLEASE, HMM.
POSSIBLE MAKE SURE YOU SHOW THE IDEA. YES I GOT TO SHARE THE VIDEO. UM SO THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT. I KNOW THIS WAS SHORT AND SWEET. WE DO HAVE AS I SAID, HOW MANY APPLICANTS DO WE HAVE TOTAL THIS YEAR, 100 AND 50 SOMETHING 115 160 WE AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, UNFORTUNATELY, JUST A FRACTION OF THAT IN POSITIONS THAT ARE THAT ARE AVAILABLE SO THERE WILL BE A
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UNFORTUNATELY A SMALLER PERCENTAGE. THAT WILL GET APPOINTED THEN THAN THOSE WHO WE'RE NOT SO BUT STAY, YOU KNOW, STAY ENGAGED AND COME BACK AND KEEP KEEP APPLYING. IF YOU DON'T GET ON THE BOARD AND REMEMBER, AS I SAID, DURING THE YEAR WE HAVE SITUATIONS ARISE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND VARIOUS WORDS WHERE PEOPLE JUST FIND THEY CAN'T SERVE AND WE HAVE TO FILL THOSE SPOTS. SO AND REMEMBER VOLUNTEER MCKINNEY. HE ALSO SAW WOMAN HUGS CAFE SHIRT. THERE'S A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THAT WITHIN THE CITY TO BE INVOLVED IN AND VOLUNTEER. MCKINNEY CAN REALLY PLUG YOU INTO ANY AND EVERY SPOT THAT YOU MAY FIND AN INTEREST IN THE CITY. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I HOPE YOU'LL HAVE A GREAT NIGHT. THANK YOU. AND WE* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.